. Local survey and city planning proposals for Bristol, e of School Street between Main and Church Streets. Such undesirable conditions should be eliminated as soon as possible. Future Housing As the population of Bristol increases new areas will have to be developed, the present prop-erty within the First Taxing District being practically all buUt up. To the south the rugged char-acter of the slope of South Mountain prevents a normal expansion of houses on an economic same is true of conditions to the west and northwest. Such areas can be developed for betterclass houses or f
. Local survey and city planning proposals for Bristol, e of School Street between Main and Church Streets. Such undesirable conditions should be eliminated as soon as possible. Future Housing As the population of Bristol increases new areas will have to be developed, the present prop-erty within the First Taxing District being practically all buUt up. To the south the rugged char-acter of the slope of South Mountain prevents a normal expansion of houses on an economic same is true of conditions to the west and northwest. Such areas can be developed for betterclass houses or for small houses with large lots. Federal Hill stands in the way of expansion eastbut beyond the slopes out on the plain west and northwest of Forestville are large tracts that wouldmake ideal sites for extensive housing projects. Another section that shotild be used for housingdevelopments is that north and east of Birge Pond. This area is of limited extent but cotild beadvantageously built up and would take care of a good sized community in the future. 12 ^. BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF BRISTOL, CONN.* CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE 1645=1920 Population I(this includes Burlington) (after separation of Burlington) Year Populati( 1790 2,462 1800 2,723 1810 1,428 1820 1,362 1830 1,707 1840 2,109 1850 2,884 1860 3,436 1870 3,788 1880 5,347 1890 7,382 1900 9,643 1910 13,502 1920 20,620 Principal Manufactured Products Clocks and Watches, Ball Bearings, Coaster Brakes, Bells, Brass Sheets, Tubes, Rods andWire, Nickel Silver, Silver Plate, Knit Underwear, Marine Lamps, Trunk Hardware, Grey IronCastings, Counters, Piano Hinges, Arm Elastics, Shears and Scissors, Glass Cutters, Steel FishingRods, Saws, Furnaces. Settlement 1645^The Town of Farmington incorporated, including the present territory of Southing-ton, Berlin, New Britain, Bristol, Burlington, Avon, Plainville, and parts of other towns. 1663—The Town of Farmington granted to John Wadsworth, Robert Bromson, ThomasBarnes and Moses Ventru
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